Geoff apparently wasn't satisfied with completely changing the melody, rhythm, tone of the song - so he added a bridge that the song has never had before! He's done that on a number of songs now - I'm hoping he'll go all out and just write his own song!
How Layne can "speak" such volumes of sass and resentment with that side eye when the "captain" interrupts his play! And Geoff's nod to Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham rant "I'll carve his heart out ... with a spoon!"
Great r&a Peter thanks!! VoicePlay are the masters of taking the most repetitive songs and turning them into a banger!😍 This was a Geoff arrangement, with additional lyrics and music which is always great to see💙 They all did an amazing job with this one!!
Awesome reaction as always Peter. I love this video. So much fun. The drunken sailor is Matt "Bucky" Buckner. He's a former member from waaaaaaay back when they were 4:2:Five for a short time. Now he's a Gamer, Voice Actor and works at Disney World. He stops by Pattycake to say hi every now and then. He can also be seen in 2 of their minis/shorts.... Candy Crush Caravan Escapade and I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) as a pesky mall shopper.
Yep, they are original. And never afraid to make fools of themselves! To me that's so endearing; so many artists seem to take themselves too seriously.
That little shout of "Hey!" you were wondering about calls back to their cover of Hoist the Colours, in which they used the same call, and which also featured Jose Rosario Jr.
I always enjoy reactions by those with technical expertise the most. The fact that you are also a bass, and called him out for claiming he was a baritone, just makes it that much better. If you watch their shorts of candy crush and 500 miles, you will see Bucky in those as well. Apparently he hangs out at the mall waiting to ambush singing quartets. He is hilarious and I can’t imagine how much fun they had making this. (He also did the choreography for Geoff’s MonsterMash .)
First, algorithm!🤣🤣 Second, I’ve been singing in a Barbershop chorus for a long while and would love to see you react to some barbershop videos. The “Bells of Notre Dame” by the Ringmasters quartet is phenomenal. Another great one is the “From Now On/Come Alive Medley” from the Westminster Chorus is wonderful
8:01 Just listening to this while working, and when getting to this part I was hoping the pit vipers would come out. Never thought I’d be that excited for that part lol, just shouted from excitement. Jeff’s range is crazy!
Hearing these guya do a funny version of this song was amazing, and that bit at the end where they chat with Bucky is hilarious. Love the new channel logo, would love to see that on a hat.
My favourite part of your reactions is when Geoff does something crazy and you flip out, knowing very well what he's capable of. It's funny as good stuff brother
Leave it to VoicePlay to take an "absurdly repetetive and boring" traditional song and stand it on its head. Bucky seems to be bringing back some of the "fun" spark I felt they lost when Earl left the group. Wonderful R&A, as always, Peter!!
They never make a boring cover that you can be sure of. Nice reaction and love the analysis. The final analogy between the real and instagram is spot on.
Very cool to see Geoff write some extra lyrics for this one, it's really awesome to see that continue. As if they needed them to make it any MORE original though! Awesome reaction/analysis Peter, and I have to say I'm beyond excited for May the Bass be With You Vol 3!!!
Want to listen to something unexpected and fun? Look for the videos of Siepi singing Cole Porter, especially "In the Still of the Night." When he hits the reprise, hang onto your safety bar and enjoy the ride. I think you'll love it.
Repetitive song? Geoff will write a bridge for it that sounds like the best part of the song! And shout out to Layne for the best performance of ‘beatboxing while pissed!’
I STILL stand by the idea that the rest are trying to get the drunken sailor killed. Putting him in bed with the Captain's daughter? This must be normal behavior if the rest of the crew hates this particular sailor THAT MUCH.
i dont know if i am old or what, but key change or the bass line Geoff sings, used to be basics. How did we get to where these thing are pointed out as something extraordinary. Man, the industry has gone flat.
So excited to hear you're going to interview Layne as well! Can't wait! Geoff has described Layne as 'going to another planet and comes back with genius arrangements'. I think they've all followed him there cause they are all producing amazing arrangements. Love it! Thanks for the R/A of this one, it is so much fun! BTW, Bucky (the drunken sailor) does sing, check out their mini's to hear him in 500 Miles!
VP is definitely the best at taking songs that were originally repetitive and turning them into something you want to listsen to on repeat. 😆 This was another great analysis, Peter, and I am looking forward to your interview with Layne. I love when he talks about the technical side of what he does.
The 1 thing Voice Play is phenomenal at is making a song completely their own. Nobody could ever accuse them of plagiarism. You said it, the best in the biz❤
As we say on the VP discord, Geoff (who arranged this) doesn't "do" repetitive... He'll write a bridge (as he did here) and/or mix the song elements up into something new and fresh. ❤❤
I loved this. Instead of "instagram" version, I like to think of the end as "reality of singing drunk" to the first part being "what you THINK you sound like when you're drunk" lol
The line where Geoff says "I'm gonna carve his heart out" comes from a line in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The late, great actor Alan Rickman, who played the Sheriff of Nottingham yells "I'm going to carve your heart out, with a spoon."
I remember in his interview with you, Geoff said that if he just spoke to you on the street, he wouldn't sound like a bass... And then he drops spoken outro comments like the one on this video. 🙄 I suspect he still hears himself in the voice he had ~25 years ago (When VoicePlay was just starting out), while the rest of us are hearing him as he actually sounds today.
Guy six is Bucky, a former member of VP in its first iteration under a different name (I forget what it was). He’s in a couple of their shorts as well-very nice tenor. I’d love to see him featured in one of their full-length songs. (I’d also like to see Jose get a longer solo sometime when he’s featured-I’d love to hear him sing a bit more.) Awesome reaction, Peter! I totally agree-this is definitely the best version I’ve heard, and I love the added bridge that Geoff wrote for this. OMG, can’t wait to see interview with Layne!
Thank you Peter for another great reaction to Voice Play. You have a beautiful smile & I love it every time Voice Play makes you smile. I am so glad you liked it & highly praised them for it.
Geoff is such an underrated actor which lends to his performances and places him a notch above someone who can just do low sounds. His demented side eye during the captain’s daughter part is so funny and adds so much to his insane vocals. That’s what makes Voice Play stand out in a crowded space is those extras and that intrinsic it factor charisma. I’ve made this rather controversial statement before but you can sing the lowest note ever sang and have the personality of wet cardboard and like 5 people are going to care. Every acappella group who has done well mainstream has that personality to back up the obvious skill. You need that sauce with the steak.
I love this so much!! They are so silly and this is just sooo much fun!! Bucky is from back in the old days of 4:2:five. Geoff arranged this one. This is just as they call it, their special kind of dumb, and I love it!!! lmao Great reaction!! Clara the doll is creepy and needs to be thrown overboard! lol I laughed so damn hard with this
Cordelia, no matter how to many times you try to get them to give away Clara, I think they’re gonna keep her. I expect to see her in a Halloween special one of these years.😂💀🙀
He was a member before VoicePlay when it was 4:2:Five. He's currently working at the theme parks as a voice actor. Has done 500 miles, a short of VP. Did the choreography for Geoff's Monster Mash.
Geoff did switch this up compared to his usual, when he hits a Sub its usually just one sustained note, but with this song we actually were gifted to him singing in Sub and not holding a single note, epic
Since the original intent of shanties was to coordinate labor on a ship and maintain morale, and they don't really need the labor part, I can 100% say that VoicePlay nailed the morale boost of a shanty.
This is much more fun than the original. The drunken sailor is past member Matthew Buckner aka Bucky. He was in the group when they were 4:2:Five. He is also in two of their minis. Candy Caravan Escapade and I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles).
Great reaction, Sir! I love the respect and admiration you have for them as well as the enjoyment you find in their creative arrangements! Sorry about the people-watching versus people subscribing statistics! I feel like most people have that problem, even the people with huge channels. Dont know why a person wouldn't subscribe if they were enjoying the content! Anyway I AM subscribed, and love your stuff! 💖
I saw the short for "how you think you sound when you're drunk vs how you actually sound" with this vid and I'm still laughing! 😂 Awesome breakdown, Peter!! ❤
I really liked your Forestella reaction. Other people's reactions usually focus on the tenor's voice first, while you also listen to the bass voice. So I'd like you to review Inner Universe of the open concert and Lazenca,save us of the immortal songs. I think Inner Universe is a stage where you can feel the bass's hypoallergenic and countertenor's hypoallergenic sounds very well, so I recommend it! Please listen to the open concert version! And I think Lazenca saveus is also a very attractive stage with bass's voice!
Layne's drum sound is that of a Bodhran, (boran) the Irish hand drum often used by British folk groups. Very fitting for the song. The sixth man is Matthew "Bucky" Buckner who was in the origianl group when they were still called 4:2:Five. He is now a voice over artist and entertainer at Universal Studios Orlando, and host of "Bucky the Gamer Dad" podcast. He also appears in VP's Five Hundred Miles mini. Geoff wrote the bridge section, something he's done a few times lately. They really are in a league of their own, aren't they?
I so agree....(I'm sure everyone does) THE BEST Version of this song EVER....LOVED your reaction!! You are so talented also and it's so Fantabulastic that you are genuinely in awe of VoicePlay's productions! Can't wait to catch Layne's interview 😍😁 Thank you for sharing!!!
If you didn't know, Voiceplay just put out a new one from the Hunchback of Notre Dame 'Hellfire', and Geoff released 'Jack's Lament' from the Nightmare Before Christmas :)
Dear Peter, could you listen and make out, like an opera singer, the song "Ti amo cosi", where Dimash is trying to connect opera singer AIDU GARIFULLINU and singer LARU FABIAN. Did he manage to connect these two worlds - opera and pop singing? Thank you in advance! Sincerely yours!)))
The drunken sailor is Matthew "Bucky" Buckner, a member of the group back in the 4:2:Five days. He also appears in the minis I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) and Candy Caravan Escapade. He was also the choreographer for Geoff's Monster Mash video. We're told "the doll's name is Clara and she has feelings." Geoff wrote the music and lyrics for the bridge. This was shot at PattyCake Productions' studio. Fun (or creepy) facts: The lyrics for Drunken Sailor have a darker meaning than what they appear to be. Putting him in the long boat can either mean sticking him in the boat lashed to the side of the ship until the swaying and heaving causes him to be sick and sober up, or to actually put the longboat into the water with the unfortunate pirate inside, having it trail behind the ship at the mercy of the ship's wake. Shaving his belly with a rusty razor might induce tetanus or at least a nasty infection. Sticking him in a scupper (the drain holes on a ship's deck) with a hose pipe on him means to lay him, face up, with his head in a scupper, then to hose him down with cold, disgusting bilge water from the bottom of the ship, Putting him to bed with the Captain's daughter actually means to tie him down on the deck and lash him with a cat-o-nine-tails.
0:45 "VoicePlay is just about the most creative group on Earth when it comes to their arranging..." Hmmm. VoicePlay vs. Pentatonix? Tough choice. Love them both. I'm curious why you think VoicePlay's arrangements are better?
As always, you revealed so much more of the song than I had heard when RU-vid takes me on an acajourney with VP, HF, Ptx, and of course TBG. Did I mention that my husband gifted me a sound bar and subwoofer for Christmas with a sweet note from him? His card says, "Now the gang's all here!"
0:35 "Some artists have attempted this and it's pretty boring" -- Peter, you've got to see the movie Fisherman's Friends (2019) -- based on a true story -- the guys (the fishermen from Cornwall who sing shanties) end up in a bar in London and get the entire pub singing along to Drunken Sailor. It's so fun! And not boring ...
